AR5005VL Technology Overview:
Based on Atheros’ VLocity™ High-Performance Wireless Technologies, the AR5005VL solution is unique in its ability to boost performance on both ends of a wireless link (multiple
input and multiple output), on the transmit side only (multiple output), or on the receive side only (multiple input). As a result, home routers, enterprise access points, or public hot spots that use VLocity deliver higher performance with a wide array of non-MIMO wireless LAN devices, including end users’ existing
network interface cards, laptops with embedded wireless LAN, and digital media adapters.
The AR5005VL chipset is available in both 802.11g and 802.11a/g versions, supporting configurations with up to four antennas. These chipsets deliver up to 50 Mbps of actual user throughput when operating on both sides of the wireless connection. In mixed networks
with a wide range of different 802.11g products, the Atheros technology delivers up to 27 Mbps of user throughput across a 3000-square-foot home even when on just one side of the link.